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Lent

  1. Lent Week 5: Significance of Suffering: Journey With Jesus to The Cross
  2. Lent Week 4: Life In The Fast Lane
  3. Lent Week 3: A Fast That's Pleasing to the Lord
  4. Lent Week 2: The Temptations of Jesus
  5. Lent Week 1: Lamenting The Gaps
  6. Lent: God is Coming Your Way
  7. Lent: Remember, and Don't You Dare Forget

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The Divine Chapters

  1. The Divine Chapters: Transfiguring Prayer
  2. The Divine Chapters: What Should I Do?
  3. The Divine Chapters: The Two Shall Become One Flesh: A Talk About Sex
  4. The Divine Chapters: A Calling To Follow Jesus
  5. The Divine Chapters: A Theology of Work
  6. The Divine Chapters: Laying Foundation
  7. The Divine Chapters: Living Well Is An Art Form

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The Saints

  1. The Saints: Francis
  2. The Saints: The Sacraments of the Saints
  3. The Saints: Prodding Us Toward Faithfulness
  4. The Saints: Guess What: You're One of Them

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Surprised By Joy

  1. Surprised By Joy Session 4: Routines That Lead to Joy
  2. Surprised By Joy Session 3: Is Joy Realistic?
  3. Surprised By Joy Session 2: Panim- Finding Joy in Being Face to Face
  4. Surprised By Joy Session 1: God Is A Fundamentally Happy Being

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Dinner Groups

  1. Dinner Groups: Week 2
  2. Dinner Groups: Week 1

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The King's Speech

  1. The King's Speech: Building a Life that Lasts
  2. The King's Speech: Fruit, The Great Consequence of Abiding
  3. The King's Speech: The Two Paths
  4. The King's Speech: Life-Giving Judgment
  5. The King's Speech: No Worries
  6. The King's Speech: Treasures In Heaven
  7. The King's Speech: When You Fast
  8. The Lord's Prayer: Making our Home in God
  9. If Your Eye Causes You to Sin
  10. The King's Speech: Walking Out of the Prison of Anger
  11. The King's Speech: An Internalized Righteousness, An External Change
  12. The King's Speech: The Way The World Finds God
  13. The King's Speech: The Beautitudes
  14. The King's Speech: The Kind of King We're Working With

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Q & A

  1. Q&A: Continued
  2. Q&A: Lust
  3. Q&A: Week Two
  4. Q&A: Week One
  5. Q&A Week 2
  6. Q&A Week 1
  7. Q&A Week 2
  8. Q&A Week 1
  9. Q & A - Part II - September 2009
  10. Q & A - Part I - September 2009
  11. Q & A - Part II - May 2008
  12. Q & A - Part I - May 2008
  13. Q & A - Part II - The Holy Spirit - August 2007
  14. Q & A - Part I - August 2007
  15. Q & A - Part II - March 2007
  16. Q & A - Part I - March 2007

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Resurrection Stories

  1. Living With The Flaps Up
  2. Resurrection Stories: The God Who Just Keeps Coming
  3. Resurrection Stories: The God of the Resurrection

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Good Friday

  1. Good Friday
  2. Good Friday

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Listen Up

  1. Listen Up: Let Another Man's Lips Praise You
  2. Listen Up: Some Assembly Required
  3. Listen Up: Four Deaths
  4. Listen Up: A Good Name
  5. Listen Up: The Great Communal Project

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Prayer

  1. Prayer: Giving Your Words To God
  2. Prayer: Ear, Hand, Mouth
  3. Prayer: Jesus is Praying For You

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Advent 2012

  1. Advent Week 3: A Candle in the Cave
  2. Advent Week 1: Believing

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Fall Retreat: Pillars

  1. theMILL Fall Retreat: Pillars: Communion
  2. theMILL Fall Retreat: Pillars: Baptism
  3. theMILL Fall Retreat: Pillars: The Lord's Prayer
  4. theMILL Fall Retreat: Pillars: Creed

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Ephesians

  1. Ephesians Week 8: Wrapping It Up
  2. Ephesians Week 7: Imitating God
  3. Ephesians Week 6: Putting Off and Putting On
  4. Ephesians Week 5: A Worthy Life
  5. Ephesians Week 4: Paul's Passionate Prayer
  6. Ephesians Week 3: The Mystery and The Mandate
  7. Ephesians Week 2: From The Outside Moving Inward
  8. Ephesians Week 1: From The Center Moving Outward

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Church

  1. Church: Home
  2. Church: Following God on His Terms
  3. Church: A House Where Things Happen

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Between Two Worlds

  1. Between Two Worlds: The Real Easter
  2. Between Two Worlds: Lent and the Adventure of Repentance
  3. Between Two Worlds: Killing the Beast of Envy
  4. Between Two Worlds: A Fast That Pleases God
  5. Between Two Worlds: Learning to Limp

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Let's Eat

  1. The Lord's Table: Orthodoxy, Orthopraxy, and the Dinner Table
  2. The Lord's Table: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

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GIVE

  1. Give: The Not-So-Absent Jesus
  2. Give: An Exploration of The Prince of Peace
  3. Give: Cultural Disentanglement
  4. Give
  5. GIVE: Compelled by Love
  6. GIVE: is it really better?
  7. GIVE: marked by God

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Go

  1. Go: A Kingdom of Priests
  2. Go: Downward Mobility
  3. Go: The Great Commission: A fast transaction or a slow transformation?
  4. Go: Nero's Dead, King Jesus Reigns!
  5. Go: What's your vision?
  6. Go:are you a world Christian?
  7. Go: no spectators allowed

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People Of God

  1. theMILL Fall Retreat: People Of God: Out of the Kiddie Pool
  2. theMILL Fall Retreat: People Of God: Community Formation: The Rules of Plate Tectonics
  3. theMILL Fall Retreat: People Of God: Grafted to the People of God
  4. theMILL Fall Retreat: People Of God: A Peculiar People

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Hanging In The Balance

  1. Hanging In The Balance: Hospitality Taken Seriously
  2. Hanging In The Balance: Grace-Driven Effort
  3. Hanging In The Balance: Living What We're Saying

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Getting To Know You

  1. Getting To Know You: Part Three
  2. Getting To Know You: Part Two

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Interrupted

  1. Interrupted: The Bigger Story
  2. Interrupted: The Universal Equalizer
  3. Interrupted: Follow Me
  4. Interrupted: New Questions

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Warning Signs

  1. Warning Signs: The Girl With The Little Pink Bunny

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The College Adventure Handbook

  1. The College Adventure Handbook, Part 2
  2. The College Adventure Handbook, Part 1

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Pneuma

  1. Pneuma: Not About You
  2. Pneuma: Weird But True
  3. Pneuma: Yes Please
  4. Pneuma: Mystery With A Purpose
  5. Pneuma: Holy Who?
  6. Pneuma: Better

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Worship

  1. Worship: Bring It All
  2. Worship: All Together Now
  3. Worship: Luckbearer
  4. Worship: Less me... More God.

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CO-ED

  1. CoEd: Men Only
  2. CoEd
  3. CO-ED: brace yourself like a man
  4. CO-ED: you're worth dying for
  5. CO-ED: man up
  6. CO-ED: ladies first

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Reckless

  1. Reckless: Who will you be?
  2. Reckless: Just As Lost
  3. Reckless: Wake Up

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Filter

  1. Filter: Alone or Together
  2. Filter: Me or Jesus?
  3. Filter: Wise or Foolish?
  4. Filter: Lazy or Thoughtful?

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Colossians

  1. Colossians (11): Personal but Not Private
  2. Colossians (10): Because I Must
  3. Colossians (9): Marked by Christ
  4. Colossians (8): Get Dressed
  5. Colossians (7): Renovate Your Mind
  6. Colossians (6): Don't Chase Shadows
  7. Colossians (5): Nothing More, Nothing Less
  8. Colossians (4): 3 Words That Change Everything
  9. Colossians (3): from, through, to
  10. Colossians (2): God-Shaped Prayers
  11. Colossians (1): Trust The Invisible

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Life Fall Retreat

  1. Life Fall Retreat: Sunday Morning
  2. Life Fall Retreat: Saturday Night
  3. Life Fall Retreat: Breakout: Aaron Wagner
  4. Life Fall Retreat: Breakout: Matt Morgan
  5. Life Fall Retreat: Breakout: Jossie Stern and Erin Meadows
  6. Life Fall Retreat: Saturday Morning
  7. Life Fall Retreat: Friday Night

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STORY

  1. STORY: love (2)
  2. STORY: love
  3. STORY: faith (2)
  4. STORY: faith

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The Word Of God

  1. The Word Of God: Jesus
  2. The Word Of God: The Bible

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Ordinary

  1. Ordinary: Missions
  2. Ordinary: God isn't Here...or is He?
  3. Ordinary: Pineapples, Puffs and Mums

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I Am

  1. I Am... Jealous
  2. I Am... Sanctifier
  3. I Am... Peace
  4. I Am... Father
  5. I Am... the I AM

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Ten

  1. Ten: The UnEnforceable Command
  2. Ten: Kill The Hum
  3. Ten: Take Off The Pressure
  4. Ten: All Fruit Starts With a Seed
  5. Ten: The Heart of a Killer
  6. Ten: Mom and Dad and a Long Life
  7. Ten: Stop, Remember and Be Free
  8. Ten: So Much More Than OMG
  9. Ten: Thou Shalt Not Dumb God Down
  10. Ten: Thou Shalt Close The Idol Factory

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The Secret Life of the Christian Twentysomething

  1. Secret Life: Secret Giving
  2. Secret Life: Secret Fasting
  3. Secret Life: Secret Prayer

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Fall Retreat: Belong

  1. BELONG: The Kingdom BELONGS to You
  2. BELONG: We BELONG to each other
  3. BELONG: Sticks and Stones
  4. BELONG: Building a Bible-centered Community
  5. BELONG: Elephant X-ing
  6. BELONG: You BELONG to God

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I Do

  1. I Do: Sex, Sex and More Sex
  2. I Do: You Aren't a Natural
  3. I Do: I Do Is Easy
  4. I Do: Selfishness or Sacrament

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Jimmy

  1. Jimmy: Have Patience
  2. Jimmy: Friend of The World or Friend of God?
  3. Jimmy: Watch Your Mouth
  4. Jimmy: No Favorites
  5. Jimmy: Grow Up

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Secondhand Jesus

  1. Secondhand Jesus, Pt 2: God is Pleased With My Goodness
  2. Secondhand Jesus: God Can Be Added To a List of Loyalties

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Success

  1. Success: Retire
  2. Success: Relinquish
  3. SUCCESS: ReDefine
  4. SUCCESS: Rethink

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Closer

  1. CLOSER: Week 2
  2. CLOSER: Week 1

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CO-ED

  1. CO-ED: Guys
  2. CO-ED: Girls

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Death & All His Friends

  1. Death & All His Friends: The Conclusion of the Matter
  2. Death & All His Friends: Wrath
  3. Death & All His Friends: Lust
  4. Death & All His Friends: Sloth
  5. Death & All His Friends: Greed
  6. Death & All His Friends: Gluttony
  7. Death & All His Friends: Envy
  8. Death & All His Friends: Pride
  9. Death & All His Friends: Call It What It Is

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MAN IN THE MIDDLE

  1. MAN IN THE MIDDLE: lead
  2. MAN IN THE MIDDLE: miracles
  3. MAN IN THE MIDDLE: die
  4. MAN IN THE MIDDLE: need
  5. MAN IN THE MIDDLE: kingdom

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BAGGAGE

  1. BAGGAGE: always unpacking
  2. BAGGAGE: the F word
  3. BAGGAGE: identify
  4. BAGGAGE: claim it

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I LIKE CHURCH

  1. I LIKE CHURCH: walk, become, develop
  2. I LIKE CHURCH: what matters
  3. I LIKE CHURCH: all in
  4. I LIKE CHURCH: in the beginning
  5. I LIKE CHURCH: it's not an organization

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TRUE COLORS

  1. TRUE COLORS: God at work
  2. TRUE COLORS: are we there yet?
  3. TRUE COLORS: hello, my name is...
  4. TRUE COLORS: a new you

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UNEXPECTED

  1. UNEXPECTED: it will turn out
  2. UNEXPECTED: the universal equalizer
  3. UNEXPECTED: living a broken life
  4. UNEXPECTED: stop the spinning
  5. UNEXPECTED: ugly packages... amazing gifts
  6. UNEXPECTED: expect it

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HEART, MIND, SOUL

  1. HEART, MIND, SOUL: love starts now
  2. HEART, MIND, SOUL: love gives all

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RESONATE

  1. RESONATE: let worship rock and justice roll
  2. RESONATE: through the valley
  3. RESONATE: sustaining a life of worship
  4. RESONATE: so, what's stopping you?

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IN GOD WE TRUST

  1. IN GOD WE TRUST: the wrong question
  2. IN GOD WE TRUST: where did it all go?
  3. IN GOD WE TRUST: first or leftovers?
  4. IN GOD WE TRUST: your heart is on the line

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FAME

  1. FAME: invest your life
  2. FAME: one way
  3. FAME: everyone is called

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THIRSTY

  1. THIRSTY: Get Out of The House
  2. THIRSTY: The Real Thing
  3. THIRSTY: God Only Knows
  4. THIRSTY: Thirsty for You

Other messages in:
WHAT'S YOUR SECRET?

  1. WHAT'S YOUR SECRET? : He Overcame
  2. WHAT'S YOUR SECRET? : a promise that can't deliver
  3. WHAT'S YOUR SECRET? : break the cycle
  4. WHAT'S YOUR SECRET? : next step

MAN IN THE MIDDLE: lead
Speaker:
Date:
Dec 12, 2008
We often know Jesus in two ways - lying in the manger and hanging on the cross. Christmas and Easter have long-defined God's son and appropriately so. These bookends of Jesus' life literally mark a turning point in history. But what about the rest of the story? The Gospels tell us not only the beginning and the end, but the days lived in between. Jesus' life - what he did and said, how he loved, the friends he chose, who made him angry, what made him cry - matters. He gave us a window - a clearer picture than we've ever had before - into God's heart and ways. In this series on Jesus, explore more about the Savior of the world, how His life transformed the world, and why He wants to be the man in the middle of our hearts.